William S. Sahakian

William S. Sahakian (1922-1986) was an American philosopher. Sahakian completed his graduate studies in philosophy at Harvard University and at Boston University. In 1951, Sahakian received his Ph.D. degree from Boston University. Sahakian's dissertation was entitled, "The emotive ethic in contemporary British and American philosophy".

Besides teaching, Sahakian was the author of numerous books on various topics in philosophy and psychology, including "Outline-history of philosophy" (1968), "Systems of ethics and value theory" (1963), "Philosophies of religion" (1965), "Psychology of personality; readings in theory" (1965), "History of psychology; a source book in systematic psychology" (1968), "Psychotherapy and counseling; studies in technique" (1969), "Psychology of learning; systems, models, and theories" (1970), "Psychopathology today; experimentation, theory and research" (1970), "Social psychology: experimentation, theory, research" (1972), and "Systematic social psychology" (1974),

With his wife, Mabel Lewis Sahakian (1921-1982), William Sahakian wrote and published several books, including "Ideas of the great philosophers" (1966), "Realms of philosophy" (1965)), "Rousseau as educator" (1974), "John Locke" (1975), and "Plato" (1977). [Anderson, Shirley. "William Sahakian, 1922-1986" "Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association." 1986;59(5):727-728.]

Sahakian's books have been translated in various languages.

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